It is astonishing to me that some conservative and Reformed elders and teachers refuse to address racism. Even more startling, however, is that some even refuse to acknowledge that racism is a real thing. Although this sort of denial brings to mind holocaust denial and flat-earth madness, we should be fair to some of these […]

Abortion will not be abolished merely by shutting down abortion mills. There must be more. Furthermore, being centered on abortion mills alone is not abolitionism. There must be more. Like I said in my examination of a “church repentless” abolitionism, I do not make these distinctions nor do I call out faux-abolitionism for the sake of […]

I fully affirm Biblical eldership and authority. When we make such statements, however, we must define our terms. “Authority” defined by one person may be Biblical, while to another the same definition may be tyrannical. Overly-simplistic statements such as “this angry person rejects authority” or “those ornery neo-Recons hate elders” are not only fallacious and […]

There is an intense debate on ecclesiology going on in Reconstructionist circles, but the rhetoric seems more intense than the substance in many cases. In some ways this debate is similar to previous intramural debates within the community. In other ways it is not. One difference is that this time around we have platforms such […]